The prestigious project of the Thermal Gas plant in Kribi is expected to face further delays as it nears its finishing lines and is not expected to be completed within the earlier deadline of December 2010.
The gas for production of electricity will not be available for the finishing date scheduled earlier of December this year, Jeremie Bitanga stated as he spoke to government officials who had visited the site of the project to evaluate the current status and progress to date of the project, which is currently taking place in Kribi a coastal village located 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of the capital Yaounde.
“Construction work has slowed down in order to wait for the arrival of the gas,” he said. Prime Minister Philemon Yang while addressing the vast throngs of people who had assembled for the ceremony where the foundation stone for the project was laid in early March this year had promised that the project would be commissioned in December.
The site is free of all obstruction and the foundation and “civil engineering “works is close to being finished, Bitanga said. These activities will come to a full stop by the end of 2010 post which the construction of the walls and the building will commence he stated.
The website for the project indicates that Kribi is estimated to generate around 216 megawatts into the south interconnection grid. Some 40 billion CFA francs ($81 million) have been already used up from the total estimate of 170 billion CFA francs . This also comprises of a 3 billion CFA francs that has been deployed in lieu of compensation for the locals public who reside in the region, Bitanga told the government delegation that was headed by House Speaker Cavaye Yeguie Djibril.
NOVEMBER 2010 (Cameroon Today Newspaper)
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